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totalizing measuring instrument [1 record]

Record 1 1998-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

Measuring instrument that determines the value of a measurand by summation of partial values of partial values of the measurand obtained simultaneously or consecutively from one or more sources. Example: a) totalizing railway weighbridge; b) electrical power summation-meter.

OBS

Translator's note: ... the term "measuring" ... may often be omitted in English if no ambiguity is thereby caused.

OBS

totalizing measuring instrument; totalizing instrument: terms and definition approved by ISO, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML), and others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Appareil de mesure qui détermine la valeur d'un mesurande en faisant la somme des valeurs partielles de ce mesurande obtenues simultanément ou consécutivement d'une ou de plusieurs sources. Exemples : a) pont-bascule totalisateur ferroviaire; b) appareil de mesure totalisateur de puissance électrique.

OBS

appareil (de mesure) totalisateur : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

OBS

appareil de mesure totalisateur; appareil totalisateur : termes et définition entérinés, entre autres, par l'ISO, le Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM), par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI) et par l'Organisation internationale de métrologie légale (OIML).

Spanish

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